GRE Word List
ROUSING
giving rise to excitement : stirring
The meaning of the word rousing is giving rise to excitement : stirring.
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|---|---|
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| leave-taking | departure |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| escapade | a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |